The Ontario Government released the details of how much the senior management at the Town of Newmarket earned in 2016. Here are your Top Ten earners:
- CAO Robert Shelton continues to earn the most in Newmarket bringing home $247,641.16.
- Commissioner Peter Noehammar brought home $182,403.22.
- His colleague, Commissioner Ian MacDougall saw a salary of $179,553.30 in 2016.
- Rachel Prudhomme, the Director of Engineering, earned $165,492,19 in 2016.
- The Town's Director of Public Works, Chris Kalimootooo, he earned $162,769.62 last year.
- Commissioner Esther Armchuk took home $153,814.55..
- The Director of Finance was the next highest earner. Mike Mayes earned $149,889.10 in 2016.
- Wanda Bennett, Director of Corporate Communications, earned $146.453.27.
- Susan Chase, the Manager of of IT, was the Town of Newmarket's 9th highest earner at $146,453.27.
- Karen Georgeff, the Director of Human Resources, rounds out the Top Ten list bringing home $146,453.27.
With just one exception, this year's top ten earners are the same as last year's. No new blood has been injected into the senior management team of the Town of Newmarket.
It is impossible to compare year to year increases because the way the Town of Newmarket publishes information seems to change with each edition of the Sunshine List. Based on the published data without any context leads us to believe that most of the top ten earners had a pay decrease from 2015 but we don't know if the same factors were included in these two years. It seems far more likely, that the Town of Newmarket did not count all the apples in their basket which makes the pay seem lower.
Conspicuously absent from the Top 10 list is our Mayor, Tony Van Bynen. According to the Sunshine List, Mayor Van Bynen earned $117,162.21+ in 2016. The Sunshine List reported sum does not appear to include the $54,337.92 he earns as one of Newmarket's representatives at York Region Council. Nor does it appear to include the $12,004.00 he earned as a board member of the Newmarket Tay Hydro Board (a position he holds automatically, because he was elected Mayor). We should also make special note that $31,398.12 of his earnings is not subject to income tax by virtue of a vote by the Gruesome-Twosome Council which deems 1/3 of his municipal pay to be "tax-free".
It is impossible to compare year to year increases because the way the Town of Newmarket publishes information seems to change with each edition of the Sunshine List. Based on the published data without any context leads us to believe that most of the top ten earners had a pay decrease from 2015 but we don't know if the same factors were included in these two years. It seems far more likely, that the Town of Newmarket did not count all the apples in their basket which makes the pay seem lower.
Conspicuously absent from the Top 10 list is our Mayor, Tony Van Bynen. According to the Sunshine List, Mayor Van Bynen earned $117,162.21+ in 2016. The Sunshine List reported sum does not appear to include the $54,337.92 he earns as one of Newmarket's representatives at York Region Council. Nor does it appear to include the $12,004.00 he earned as a board member of the Newmarket Tay Hydro Board (a position he holds automatically, because he was elected Mayor). We should also make special note that $31,398.12 of his earnings is not subject to income tax by virtue of a vote by the Gruesome-Twosome Council which deems 1/3 of his municipal pay to be "tax-free".
As with previous years, because of the discrepancies between the various published reports and lack of an explanation forthcoming by the Mayor and his administration, the public still cannot say how much Mayor Van Bynen actually earns from taxpayers. These contradictions between the published reports creates a confusion that has led many to believe that Mayor Van Bynen is among the highest paid elected officials in Canada. But just like Donald Trump, Mayor Van Bynen isn't going to release his T4 slips any time soon despite the fact that his paycheque is funded exclusively by public money.
